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Many Seats, Agendas At Global Roundtable

World leaders will meet in Washington this weekend for a summit on the global financial crisis, the largest gathering of presidents and prime ministers here since NATO's 50th anniversary celebration in 1999. But overshadowing the emergency conference is a leadership vacuum that is fundamentally....

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-12-2008
Discord on Economies In a World Of Trouble

Presidents and prime ministers from major countries around the world will gather in Washington in two weeks to begin heated negotiations over the shape of global financial regulation as they scramble to avoid a deep worldwide recession and restore confidence in markets.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-01-2008
Financial Meltdown Worsens Food Crisis

SHANGHAI -- As shock waves from the credit crisis began to spread around the world last month, China scrambled to protect itself. Among the most extreme measures it took was to impose new export taxes to keep critical supplies such as grains and fertilizer from leaving the country.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 10-25-2008
EU presses China and India to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

The EU is pressing emerging economies such as China and India to agree to cut their greenhouse gas emissions under the proposed new post-Kyoto agreement on climate change. European environment ministers this week urged developing countries to cut their emissions by 15-30% below "business as usual"...

Posted to guardian.co.uk (Weblog) by guardian.co.uk on 10-22-2008
Sarkozy Calls for Revamping of Capitalist System

BRUSSELS, Oct. 16 -- European leaders on Thursday urged that a pending international summit carry out an urgent overhaul of the world's financial architecture and impose new controls on freewheeling bankers and traders. U.S. officials pledged that all good ideas would get an airing but hinted of...

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G-8 Nations Plan Summit On Global Financial Rules

BRUSSELS, Oct. 15 -- The Group of Eight major industrialized nations announced Wednesday that they will convene a summit to plan changes in the regulation and structure of the world financial industry in hopes of heading off future economic turmoil.

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Global Bankers Anxiously Watch U.S.

BERLIN, Sept. 30 -- Central bankers and elected leaders around the world acknowledged Tuesday that they lacked a comprehensive strategy to protect their countries from the global financial crisis and were as dependent as ever on Washington to come up with a solution.

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As Contagion Spreads, Moods Abruptly Shift

PARIS, Sept. 29 -- The turmoil that began on Wall Street now spans the globe.

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UN power shifts away from west

Succession of defeats on diplomatic issues demonstrates power loss to emerging states

Posted to guardian.co.uk (Weblog) by guardian.co.uk on 09-17-2008
U.S. Joins G-8 Plan To Halve Emissions

RUSUTSU, Japan, July 9 -- The United States for the first time joined the major industrialized countries Tuesday in committing to try to halve greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050. President Bush immediately began promoting the plan with skeptical developing country leaders who would be crucial to its.....

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 07-08-2008

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